Cabot Vs Columbus

I. Standard 1.1: Describe and explain the growth and development of the early American Colonies.
A. Week 1 and 2: Standard 1.1a: Using maps to locate and analyze the routes used by the explorers. This topic will be linked with people, places, and environment from the Social Studies themes. Given a blank map of the world the student will be able to draw the routes of Christopher Columbus in 1492 and John Cabot in 1497 and list the goal for each voyage with 100% accuracy. This assessment is at the end of the outline. Unit will start out with the introduction of Columbus’s and Cabot’s voyages to North America in the late 1490’s. The following website will be displayed on the SmartBoard to discuss the two voyages, www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=z--YKDAhNuAw.kI9GeRvupqJs&hl=en%20.

As a class we will construct the first one on Christopher Columbus. This section has a writing portion that goes along with Language Art Writing Standard 1, were the student must write a letter persuading Columbus to hire them for a positon on his ship. The student will first construct the section on John Cabot for their Explores of North America packet. During the John Cabot section the student must make a cylinder map of the best route to the West Indies.
B. Week 3: Standard 1.1b: How advances in technology lead to an increase in exploration. This topic will be linked with the Social Studies theme of science, technology, and society. Given a blank piece of paper the student will be able to list three changes that improved the ships’ functions and abilities for the longer voyages with 100% accuracy. This assessment is at the end of the outline. The next portion of the packet we will work on is Sir Francis Drake. In this section the student learns the different designs of the old ships and the new ones. The student will have the opportunity to design their own ship. This section of the unit will go along with Fine Arts Standard 1.3, which states, Handle art materials in a safe and responsible manner. After

We live in Utah and it just isn’t feasible to take a field trip to the east coast to tour the actual ships. On the website http://www.mapwing.com/explore/view_tour.php?t=l0TFucF0rzFTzle you can take a virtual tour of a replica of what Christopher Columbus’s ship “The Nina” looked like. This field trip will use the Social Studies theme of individuals, groups, and institutions. The student will only new a few prerequisite skills for this virtual field trip. The student should understand this is a replica of one of Columbus’s ship he sailed in to the Americas. The student should know how long it took them to sail across the Atlantic and basic knowledge of a ship. The virtual field tour of “The Nina” will give the student an opportunity to see the size of the ship, to understand the close proximity the sailors were to one another, and how to changes to the ship’s built and structure would help in long voyages as they are researching and learning about the explorers. See the actual ship help them to understand how individuals and groups would have function in real world situations. How the crew would need to work as a team or a unit to survive and real their goals. The boat also have items that were on Columbus’s actual